Article of furniture



Deal-3, V I w c CUSHMAN I ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed July 3 1, 1931 William 1? 605/0710 BY 77/: ATTQRNEgS ture partly in section and Patented Dec. 13, 1932 UNHTED STATES pm-min WILLIAM o. H. cusrnvzan, or NORTH BEnNIneronvEaMonr,

NORTH 'BENNINGTON; VERMONT CUSHMAN I'ITFG. CO., OF

ARTICLE or Application filed July 31,-

This invention relates to improvement in furniture, and more particularly to the attaching of legs to furniture. 7

Among the principal objects which the in-, vention has in view are: to provide means for securing a plurality of legs to an upstanding article of furniture; to provide the body portion of an article of furniture with means v for sliding legs therein; to provide thelegs with means for holding the same in place after being slid into the body member; to be able to assemble the members, and detach the same'whenever desired; to give the article of furniture a one-piece appearance; to secure simplicity of construction and operation; and to obtain other advantages and results as may I he brought out in the following description.

Figure 1 is an elevation of an article of furniture embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a portion of the article of furniembodying my invention.

Figure 3 is a bottom; and

Figure 4 is a portion of the article of furniture showing the invention with a leg re-' moved;

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing, the reference numeral 10 indicates a standard for supporting a table top 11. It is to benoted that the presentshowing is for a small table such as may be used as a smokers table or card table and v provided with a drawer 12 to hold packages of cards, chips and so forth. However, it is to he understood that the invention does not necessarily have to be confined to this particular type of table.

In carrying out the invention, the lower portion of the standard 10 is provided with a plurality of grooves or slots 13 to receive the upper ends of leg members 14 therein. Said grooves or slots are parallel to each other and shown equally spaced around the standard, preferably extending upwardly from the bottom thereof a substantial distance. Adjacent the lower end of the standard and'extending inward towards the center from'each groove I have preferably cut away a portion to provide a notch 15 for more firmly securplan looking up from the end marginal portion in the slot its upper edge sloping to 'fit the undercut ASSIGNOR runnnrunn I 1931. sw rm. 554 5 l y ing the leg .1 when an into position as:wi1l .hereinafterappearfi ii I r The upper end ofeac-h groove or'slot :13 is shaped to provide aretaining shoulder-16.

Ashere shown, the j shoiilder is formed by undercutting the materialat the end of the 'slot'with to the bottom ofth'e slotand with tapering in the nature ofa half dove-tail; T he leg 14 is adapted to be inserted withits uppermost shoulder. Bysliding the leg to its positiomits'sloping upper edge will be locked r0 1 H. at;

a'hole 17 drilled at anacu'te angle thewall o'fthe 'holeformin'g the end of the slot. Thus the outer or'open part of the slot; is shorter-- than' the bottom o'f'theslot with 'the end wall and has behind the shoulder and thus prevent' the leg 'from swinging away from the standard. 7

'- Opposed to the lower-end portion'of the standard, the leg is provided with aretaining means such as a screw 1-8 which projects from '18 is inserted into the leg which rests, in the V groove of the standard, and thehead of. the

s'crew' is within the s andard. The'portion of, the screw, for convenience called 1 the I shank, from-its head tothepart embedded in-the leg, is

narrow to adm't passage of thescrew-head a result of which theportion therethrough as of the leg at the lowerpart of" the groove will be prevented from swinging away from thegroove.

The several screws may be held atthe up per ends of their respective notches by a securing means, such as a screw 20 and washer 21. This screw 20 is inserted upwardly and centrally of the standard within the recess 19 and the washer 21 carriednext the head screw engages laterally of this securing against edge portions of the several leg retaining screws. This arrangement therefore holds the leg retaining screws heads of the theleg into the standard. In the'present I showing the screw "from the face thereof in place and also holds the legs slid to upper- 11,00

mostpositionso that the sloping upper ends and shoulders Wlll likewise be held in engagement and the parts retained in assembled condition. By virtue of thisiconstrucbe quickly assembled and there is a. single means tion, the table may disassembled since retaining the legs assem the standard.

' I claim;

1. A device ascharacterized comprising-a standard and legs -therefor,g-saidstandard having elongated slots. theupper ,port'ons forming a half dove-tail at an acute angle to receive marginal portions'ofthe legs, and

said slots adjacent theirlower ends and ex tending inward towards l standard'being cut away more firmly securerthelow'er marginal portions of the legs tothe standard.

' 2..A deviceaslcharacterized comprisinga standard and legs therefor, sa'd sandard having elongated 1 forming a half to'receive marginalportions of the legs; and

said slotsjadjacent their lowerends and exi tending inward towards the center of the A tionsof the legs to 30' jecting from saidlower to be held within-saidnotches and prevent and a screw with a washer projecting lip-- 7 standard having elongated standard being cut away to form notches to more firmly gsecure projecting from said lower adapted prevent and legs therefor,

said slots adjacent their lower ends and extending inward towards the center of the to formnotches to i the lower marginalporthe standard, means proleg portions adapted away dislodgment of the legs from the standard, wardlyc and centrally QWl hin the said stamdard adapted to engage the edge portions of said meansandithereby secure the legs to.

said standard in assembled condition.

i WILLIAM G. H. GUSHMAN.

led with respect ,to

the center of the ,to formnotches toslots, theupper portions dove-tailat anacute angle I the lower marginal pori the's'tandard, and means ,i legdportions 1 to be held w thin said notches and dislodgment otthe legs from the standard, a j

3. Ai-device as characterized comprising a I said :5 an dard slots, the upper portionsforming a half dove-tail at an acute angle to receive marginal portions of the legs and V 

